[Husker] Players defend Callahan

Sat Nov 12 09:54:16 CST 2005

I find it funny that Jon thinks that NU is the only
team playing for anything today and that should be
enough for the players to get fired up enough to win
no matter what the coaches do. Well dont forget the
KSU is also playing to get to be bowl eligable and
avoid a second straight losing season. So what will
Snyder be telling his kids before the game to fire
them up? A few guesses: Win today and next week and we
go to a bowl. Win today and we stay out of the Big XII
north cellar and put NU there. Win today and theres a
good chance we keep NU home from the bowls for a
second straight year. Win today and we may see their
coach get fired at seasons end (right or not he could
use this). Win today and become the first KSU team to
win back to back games in Lincoln and the first to
have a 4 game win streak over NU (for the first time
in NU history against KSU?). The list could probably
go on and on but dont think that KSU has nothing to
play for today and that we can just get fired up
enough to win. BS will have his players ready to play
and we will have to play a good game and have the
right plays called and the right schemes ran to win. A
loss today will be just as much on the coaches as it
is the players.

My prediction is NU 24 KSU 21. Just because it seems
we have to get down 21-3 before we start to play and
this time we pull out the comeback victory. 

--- Tony Lambert <slimmer37 at hamilton.net> wrote:

> Well said Jon, Thank you .
> 
> 
>                   Tony Lamber
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jonlists at cbsol.com>
> To: "Alan Siporin" <alans at efn.org>
> Cc: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>;
> <husker-bounces at tssi.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Players defend Callahan
> 
> 
> > husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/09/2005
> 07:33:43 PM:
> >
> >> Coaches get fired. Not players. I find the
> blame-the-players argument
> >> laughable. Ultimately it's both scheme and
> performance that land on the
> >> coach, because the coaches have to get their
> players to perform, even in
> > the
> >> pros, but more so with college kids.
> >
> > Correct, players don't get fired. They leave early
> for the NFL, quit
> > football entirely (Ross Pilkington), or they
> transfer (Joe Dailey).
> >
> > Find blame the player argument laughable? Let's go
> back to (from a public
> > opinion perspective) last year's goat, Joe Dailey.
> He had the passing
> > accuracy of a four year old blind kid. He replaced
> Jammal Lord who was
> > booed at home and also couldn't complete a pass to
> save his life, who
> > replaced Eric Crouch who was a ball hog so he
> could win the Heisman and
> > then let us all down when he quit in the pros, who
> replaced Scott Frost
> > who had the gaul to go to Stanford first so we
> booed  him (besides,
> > weren't his parents just plain  arrogant?), and
> all of them sinned because
> > they replaced Tommie Frazier, who might have been
> the best college
> > quarterback ever, if only he hadn't lost 19-10 at
> Iowa State in '92. If
> > Jesus Christ played quarterback for Nebraska, we'd
> find something to blame
> > him for.
> >
> > If this coaching staff is entirely responsible for
> getting this team up to
> > play at home AND win against Kansas State, then
> these kids don't belong in
> > Husker uniforms. Perhaps the coaches can come and
> dress them in the
> > morning, tie their shoes and make sure they're
> eating a good breakfast,
> > too. If they can't get themselves up for THIS
> game, they have no heart,
> > and if they expect to be a winning football team
> regardless of who's
> > coaching them, they'd better find one.
> >
> > [snip]
> >>
> >> How much did the OU game - a tough opponent that
> the team made a valiant
> >> comeback attempt against - take out of these
> kids? Look at the scores of
> > the
> >> losses and the only embarrassing loss is Kansas.
> In fact it's out of
> >> character with the rest of the season. Are we
> over-reacting to this
> > loss,
> >> especially when it comes at the point of
> culmination of the other
> > losses?
> >>
> > They're at Nebraska, not Vanderbilt. You say
> things like "that loss took a
> > lot out of them" as an excuse for losing about
> kids playing at Vanderbilt,
> > not Nebraska. Come to think of it, you say that
> about Minnesota too. They
> > typically lose to Michigan, then blame the rest of
> the year on that game.
> > It's called "mental toughness". Goes along with
> heart.
> >
> >>
> >> See what happens against KSU. I predict the
> Huskers win - even with two
> >> freshmen offensive tackles, starting. I won't
> predict the margin, but I
> >> wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we win
> big. It won't make a great
> >> season, and only puts us in position for a crappy
> bowl, but it also
> > stops
> >> the skid, helps recruiting and puts the team in a
> position to go after
> >> Colorado with some momentum.
> >>
> > It'd make the season for me. All I want is a
> crappy bowl.
> >
> > Honestly, I cannot believe that this Nebraska team
> will lose to Kansas
> > State Saturday. But if they do, it is their fault
> and not the coaches. KSU
> > is a lousy opponent and we get them at home. We
> can all blame Bill
> > Callahan and Kevin Cosgrove for the rest of the
> season, but not this game.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Discontented? Me too. Impatient? See what happens
> Saturday.
> >>
> >> Go Huskers!  Alan Siporin
> >>
> >
> > I'll wait and see and hope I'm completely wrong
> about all of this. I'd
> > hoped that I'd get to the game, but that doesn't
> look likely now.
> >
> > Jon Johnston
> > http://www.huskerjon.com
> >
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